Money-bank.



G. H. REIiVIER. MONEY BANK.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 13. 19l5.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

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GEORGE E. REIMER, OF FULTON, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 PATENT NOVELTYCOMPANY, OF FULTON, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION'OF ILLINOIS.

MONEY-BANK.

wearer.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed December 13,- 1915. Serial No. 66,457.

To all w 710m it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE I-I. REIME a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Fulton, VVhiteside county, Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Money-Banks, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to money banks comprising a receptacle or boxprovided with a slot for-receiving the coins and a door which can beunlocked to remove the money after the bank is filled.

Generally stated, the object of my invention is to provide a novel andsatisfactory form of money bank, and in the construction thereof toavoid the use of certain features heretofore considered necessary ordesirable. I

More specifically considered, one object is to provide a novel andsatisfactory form of door at one end of the box or receptacle, andanother object is to provide a novel and satisfactory device forguarding the slot at the other end of said receptacle, as willhereinafter more fully appear.

To these and other useful ends, my invention consists in mattershereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical section, on line 1 1in Fig. 3, of a money bank embodying the principles of my invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a viewlooking down on the bank in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is ahorizontal section on line 4 I in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryperspective view of the door portion of the bank, showing the door removed. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the removable door.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a sheet metal box A havingrelatively large and parallel side walls a, a front wall 1, a back wall2, and end walls 8 and 4:, all constructed of sheet metal and preferablyof such character that the bank has the general form or shape of a book.The end walls 3 and a are preferably formed integral with the front wall1, but the wall 3 is shorter than the wall. t and only forms a part ofthis end of the box. As shown, therefore, the upper end of the box isformed partly by the said permanent wall section 3 and partly by thedoor section 5, the two sections being disposed in the same plane.Section 3 is bent inward at right angles to form a web 6 having a slot 7and a rightangle flange 8, the latter being inside of the bank. The door5 has a right-angle flange 9 at one end thereof which rests upon oragainst the flange 8, and the other end of said door is provided with.lugslO which engage the slots 11 in the back wall 2 of the box, itbeing observed that the metalis indented at 12 around said slots, sothat the outer ends of said lu s 10 do not extend outside of the planeof the back wall 2, thus presenting a flush surface. The door 5 has alock 13 provided with a bolt 14 which engages the slot 7 when the dooris closed and locked in place. By inserting a key at 15 in said lock,from outside the door, the lock may be operated to insert or withdrawthe bolt 14, in a manner that will be readily understood, as the saidlock may be of any suitable or desired character.

The end wall 1 is provided with a longi tudinal slot 16 for receivingthe coins. A sheet metal bracket 17, trough-shaped in cross-section, issecured to the inner surface of the wall 4 and has a slot 18 whichcoincides with the slot 16 to admit the coins. This bracket has itssides provided with flat webs 19 disposed in the same plane, these websbeing spaced apart a distance equal to the space between the two sidesof the trough-shaped bracket; and at their outer edges these webs 19 areprovided with rightangle flanges 20 having slots 21, there beingpreferably two of these slots for each flange. The guards 22 are in theform of a pair of flat plates having hook-shaped lugs 23 which extendthrough the slots 21 to form hinges, and to. engage the outer side ofthe webs 19 when the two guards swing apart, thus preventing the twoplates from swinging outward far enough to preclude their return toclosed position as soon as the box is turned around to a positioninwhich the said door 5 is uppermost. VJhen the box is positioned withthe slot 16 uppermost, then the guards 22 swing apart by gravity, butthe lugs 23 prevent them from swinging outward or away from each otherto such an extent that they would not then return by gravity to closedposition when the position of the bank is reversed. In this closedposition the two plates 22 overlap one upon the other, as shown in Fig.2, thus preventing the coins from falling through the slot. What I claimas my invention is:

1. 'A money bank comprising a box having a slot to receive the coins, asheet metal member of trough shape secured over said slot inside of saidbox and slotted to admit the coins, sides of the said member having flatWebs disposed in the same plane and flanges at the edges thereof, saidflanges having openings, and swinging guards in the form of a pair offlat plates having lugs which extend through said openings and engageone side of said ebs to limit the movement of the guards apart, When thebox is positioned with said slot uppermost, and

Which plates overlap one upon the other and rest upon the other side ofsaid Webs when i the bank is positioned With said slot below.

2. A money bank comprising a box having a slot at one end to receive thecoins, and having its opposite end formed partly by a permanent Wallsection and partly by a removable door section, the two sections beingdisposed in the same plane, one edge portion of said Wall section beingprovided With an opening and a flange, said cover having a lug at oneend thereof, said box having a hole in one Wall thereof to removablyreceive said lug, the other end of said cover having a lock to engagesaid opening and means to bear against said flange.

Signed by me at Fulton, 111., this 24 day of November, 1915.

GEORGE H. REIMER.

Witnesses:

CLARA F. STAPLETON, THORA H. POPPE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. 0.

